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Dense Outflowing Molecular Gas in Massive Star-forming Regions

Authors :
Xu, Yani
Wang, Junzhi
Liu, Shu
Li, Juan
LI, Yuqiang
Luo, Rui
Ou, Chao
Zheng, Siqi
Liu, Yijia
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Dense outflowing gas, traced by transitions of molecules with large dipole moment, is important for understanding mass loss and feedback of massive star formation. HCN 3-2 and HCO$^+$ 3-2 are good tracers of dense outflowing molecular gas, which are closely related to active star formation. In this study, we present on-the-fly (OTF) mapping observations of HCN 3-2 and HCO$^+$ 3-2 toward a sample of 33 massive star-forming regions using the 10-m Submillimeter Telescope (SMT). With the spatial distribution of line wings of HCO$^+$ 3-2 and HCN 3-2, outflows are detected in 25 sources, resulting in a detection rate of 76$\%$. The optically thin H$^{13}$CN and H$^{13}$CO$^+$ 3-2 lines are used to identify line wings as outflows and estimate core mass. The mass $M_{out}$, momentum $P_{out}$, kinetic energy $E_{K}$, force $F_{out}$ and mass loss rate $\dot M_{out}$ of outflow and core mass, are obtained for each source. A sublinear tight correlation is found between the mass of dense molecular outflow and core mass, with an index of $\sim$ 0.8 and a correlation coefficient of 0.88.<br />Comment: 22 pages, 5 figures, 4 tables, accepted in AJ

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2406.08935
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ad47c4